the portrait ‘He had gone to sleep as though it were any other night. But, soon in a dream, he was transported to another place, another dimension. He had awakened to the darkness, the silence only to be broken by a powerful but distant voice crying out its message through a living image in the sky - The Portrait…' If it’s morning, shouldn’t there be light? The haze in my eyes from the darkness has left me blind I feel a warning, and yet no one appears A voice from above calls out pleading me to hear ... ‘Can you hold me? Keep the promise you’ve told me? Show your love to the child you call your own?’ I look around me, unfamiliar ground The voice fires light through a Portrait filled with sound It shows me rivers, flowing rainbowed hues Then suddenly the colors of life turn dark refuse ‘Can you hold me? Keep the promise you’ve told me? Show your love to the child you call your own? I can hold you. Hear the words that I’ve told you Follow me and you’ll find your way back home’ The Portrait goes bright. The visions can tear your soul away The wind-blown serene of forested green In rhythms that only life can play Then Man sets his fire, and boulders of smoke replace the sun In blackened disguise is Nature’s demise Oh what have we done??? A tear befalls me, for I’ve learned this time A brightened horizon awaits if we heal our crime You’ve told our story, and I’ll plant your seed Now Portrait I beg for your ears, hear my plea... I will hold you, and keep the promise I’ve told you Show my love to the Child we call our own Will you hold me? I’ve heard the words that you’ve told me I’ll follow you and I’ll find my way back home ... If it’s morning, shouldn’t there be light ? ‘The day had begun as though he had never left. Was it only a dream? Now returned to familiar surround, he lifted himself off the bed and walked over to the window. A pillar of smoke was climbing its way toward the sun. Can you hold me?’ Words & Music by Mark Fenster © 2018 Autumn Song / SOCAN

colours ‘As difficult a belief as it is to embrace, the potential for a third world war rests with us and within our intolerance of the differences between us. Just how is it that we can so appreciate all the colours of nature, yet not of human-nature? Our story begins at the end of this war, when our hero emerges from his bomb shelter to at last see for himself the resultant truths of our fears. And yet fears remain. But with the help of his fellow survivors, the natural colours of a rainbow are a vision of beauty once again.’ The streets were shadowed silver, the cold could make you quiver And I saw through the dark, not a soul survived I thought we’d find our future, but visions grew too obscure In the fears of the blinded, the end had finally arrived. A coloured shadow appeared before me He held my fears in his hands as he told me ... "We can begin again tonight So take your brother by the hand, it’s only right And it can be so forgiving to see how the Colours light the sky" His ways were not like my own; He’d shown me things I’d never known And his colour grew brighter, and the air seemed to clear There beside us a woman stood still The clothes she wore seemed so strange, the air turned a cold chill We can begin again tonight I’ll take my sister by the hand, it’s only right And it can be so forgiving to see how the Colours light the sky Where is the way for us; Old thoughts linger still There is a day for us Do you feel it in the wind; Let the Colours all begin to show... I can see the walls as they start falling Holding fast to worlds we knew kept us hidden from the view Then I’ll sing, and free the voices calling In the wisdom of those souls, flowers can unfold .... And there we walked along those lanes of baron cross-roads We turned to the sky ... and saw a rainbow .... Words & Music by Mark Fenster © 2018 Autumn Song / SOCAN

never just a dream In the night, when you’ve walked alone, through the cobbled roads of stone Reaching out, wishing your thoughts could let you know Find your way, fly into your dreams, feel the mountains, touch the streams And let the wonder in your eyes just let you go Is it just a dream you’ve had so long, is it just the sunlight in your eyes Can you find the meaning of the song whispered in your mind Follow all the clouds that lead you home, let the rainbow guide you through the storm And you’ll find the song that’s in your mind is Never Just A Dream So don’t run away, don’t keep it inside, the road can seem too long sometimes And the wind, strong on your shoulders, can weigh you down For all you know, and all you’ve believed, you know the magic just won’t leave So hang on to what you treasure, you’ll hold the crown Is it just a dream you’ve had so long, is it just the sunlight in your eyes Can you find the meaning of the song whispered in your mind Follow all the clouds that lead you home, let the rainbow guide you through the storm And you’ll find the song that’s in your mind is Never Just A Dream Is it just a dream ... It’s Never Just A Dream Words & Music by Mark Fenster © 2018 Autumn Song / SOCAN